Bonum Certa Men Certa

New Article by Dr. Ingve Björn Stjerna on UPC Lies Regarding SMEs

Published 2 days before the bogus 'debate'



Summary: Another detailed rebuttal or response to the so-called 'benefits' SMEs would experience in a system designed to destroy them

II WAS EXACTLY ONE week ago that we wrote about the farce mislabeled a "debate" -- basically a loaded or stacked panel of patent zealots looking to make a buck -- or a quid -- from lots of frivolous patent litigation. We were happy to see detailed debunkings in some blog comments. This "debate" serves to discredit our political system -- for once again allowing these obviously misleading propaganda agents to spew out their lies over video streaming (and nobody present to speak for 99% of us). We should note that IP Kat is still censoring/deleting comments that its 'Team UPC' folks do not like (including my comments). These people actively participate in the EPO's attempt to suppress discussion about its profound corruption. Do not lose sight of the fact that all the people who covered EPO scandals have left the blog IP Kat. It's not the same site/blog anymore (except the name). They actively protect and promote Team Campinos/Battistelli. Some of their authors promote software patents in Europe in spite of the EPC.



"Do not lose sight of the fact that all the people who covered EPO scandals have left the blog IP Kat."We've meanwhile spotted the above paper -- a detailed rebuttal to Team UPC's lies which were told more than a week ago, culminating in that so-called 'debate'. Here's the abstract in HTML form (originals: English [PDF] | German [PDF])

As is well known, the political side has always presented as a core motive of the European patent reform to facilitate access to patents and their enforcement in court for small and medium-sized enterprises (“SME”) in particular. As repeatedly pointed out, these were merely words to help the reform through the Parliamentary procedure. No practically effective measures to support SMEs have been implemented to date. Documents made available under the German Federal Freedom of Information Act reveal the sometimes astonishing views expressed by members of the Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent Court and its so-called “Expert Panel” in the discussion of measures for the support of SMEs. Especially the representatives of major industry and their legal advisers on the “Expert Panel” have campaigned against effective measures in favour of SMEs and have prevailed on several aspects.


The full paper (English and German, links above) is quite a few pages long; if someone out there wants all the gory details...

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